Base Support for Obama is Fading

[Politico]

Base support doesn't fade.  It just gets pissy for awhile.

Tell that to Jimmy Carter.

[Politico]

Base support doesn't fade.  It just gets pissy for awhile.

Tell that to Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter,

You still won your 40% base.  You didn't win any swing voters.

Thanks,

King

How did Mondale get 37,577,352 to Carter's 35,480,115? That's about two million base votes that Carter lost from people supporting Anderson or not voting at all, not to mention all of the "Reagan Democrats" that were lost too.

But I am not going to disagree with your overall sentiment. You're absolutely right that the vast majority of the base will still vote for their guy. However, it is not written in stone that all of Obama's base is going to show up no matter what to support him.

[Politico]

An unhappy base will still vote for Obama, but they won't donate as prolifically as they did in 2008, nor will they man phones or go door to door. The grassroots was one of Obama's greatest assets last time around, and the corporate base he'll rely on in 2012 makes a piss-poor substitute.

Well put. I second this.